Community Rules

Last updated: October 2026

Gather is a table, not a feed. Real recipes, real plates, real cooks. By sharing a recipe, a photo, or a cook note you agree to these rules. There is no tolerance for objectionable content; anything that breaks these rules is removed and the chef name behind it can be hidden for good.

Share what is yours to share

• Share recipes you cook. Credit the source when it came from somewhere else; the app keeps the source line for you.
• Photos must be of the dish, taken by you. No stock photos, no screenshots of other people's plates, no pictures of people.
• Do not share anything you do not have the right to share.

Keep it about the food

• Cook notes are tips about cooking the dish: swaps, timing, results. Not chat, not ads, not contact details.
• No sexual content, hate, harassment, threats, or anything illegal, anywhere, including in chef names.
• No spam, no links, no promotion.

One chef name each

• Pick a name that is not a slur, not someone else's name, and not pretending to be Makmak staff. Names starting with "Makmak" are reserved.
• Do not try to pump your own numbers. The app refuses a maker's own cook taps, and counts that look gamed are removed.

What happens when something breaks a rule

Every recipe, photo, note and name is screened automatically before it appears, and recipes are also reviewed by a person. Anyone can report a recipe or a note from inside the app; one report hides it until it is reviewed. You can also hide everything from a chef on your own device. We remove content and hide chefs that break these rules, and we act on reports within a day.

Contact

Questions or a takedown request: jasonepage@gmail.com.